3 Easy Guitar Exercises to Get Warmed Up
3 Easy Guitar Exercises Playing guitar, whether you are just beginning guitar lessons or on your way to becoming an advanced shredder there we all need warm-ups. I recommend to all my students that before [...]
Back to School Music Lessons
Summer is over (Finally) As a kid I remember summer being an amazing time: riding bikes with my friends, Staying up late, playing video games, playing music and not having a schedule. I had regular [...]
Our Instructors Part 3
I've been writing recently on the value of taking music lessons for a new instrument and ways to make playing guitar easier. It's been a little while since we talked to some our music teachers. [...]
5 Easy Chords to Make Guitar Simple
I have been teaching guitar for a long time. I’ve taught guitar lessons in a variety of different places from Colorado Springs to Nashville and even in Ireland. In all these places and with all [...]
5 Reasons to Learn Ukulele This Summer
Its summer time now in Colorado Springs. And it can get hotter than you expect. For my part not too many instruments sound like summer the way a ukulele does. I for one was somewhat [...]
7 Guitar Care Tips
At Silversound Guitar we get a lot of questions from students about caring for their guitar. Because of this, we are having a special event with local Colorado Springs luthier Kevin Rodela. On Saturday June [...]
Silversound Instructors Pt: 2 – Just Guitar This Time
Because we do a lot of music lessons, I thought it would be good to keep with our series of instructor interviews. I sat down with Colorado Springs local Mark Young and Seattle transplant Ben [...]
Our Instructors: Part 1
This week, during our expansion, I wanted to feature some of our great music instructors at Silversound Guitar. These are the people that help make this place so great and we wouldn’t be where we [...]
We are Expanding
We can’t believe how much we have grown in such a short time. We have over 200 students coming through the doors for music lessons every week. This includes people of all ages and from [...]
More than Just Guitar Lessons 2
At Silversound Guitar, even though guitar is in our name, we think about more than just guitar lessons. As a local business in Colorado Springs run by owners that grew up here, we have a [...]
The Music Business is Dead: Long Live the Music
The Old Industry was a Parasite The music business isn’t dying it’s dead. Before we all start hollering about what that means and who’s fault it is it is worth thinking first about what the [...]
Chasing That Perfect Guitar Tone
In my last blog I discussed some basics of guitar amplifiers. This post deals more with what to do with an amplifier, namely, dialing in a guitar good tone. I make sure that with every [...]
An Introduction to Guitar Amps
In my last article I covered what to look for while buying a guitar. As bewildering as that can be purchasing an amp can be even worse. What is gain, besides the thing that makes [...]
